From: Woody Smith (woody_at_bitstream.net)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 16:40:24 PDT
Is the Brain wipe necessary? I just did the partial backup for another
list member and it seemed to work for him, though I agree that for the
card lending program that might be best for the sender but I don't
think that I would want to brainwipe my Newton and not be able to
restore my accumulated data.
Woody
On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 06:17 PM, Peter Cameron wrote:
> I think this is correct. Installing some packages is more than just
> moving the package. Some actually put various hooks into parts of the
> OS. I
> believe NIE is one of these. It must be backed up and then restored to
> the
> receiving Newton.
> I did some card lending a while ago and found through lots of
> trial and
> error that the BEST way to do this (least chance for problems) is to
> use a
> brainwiped Newt, install NIE and whatever else is needed, do a backup.
> Then
> the receiver brainwipes their Newt and does a restore.
>
> Peter
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